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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1881
Page
3
Washington dispatch details shifting committee hopes as Democrats dwindle and Republicans press for posts. Census shows Illinois rising in population, while tariff inquiry moves forward and Guiteau trial testimony unfolds with heated exchanges and expert challenges.
Education and labor lists a string of names from various states and government departments. A St Louis Paul Pry is fatally shot after a prowling incident at the Second Presbyterian Church yard. The shooting witness pins the blame on a suspected unknown couple, with later notes from St Petersburg and St Petersburg about Arctic steamer Jeannette discovery. Injured in a Family Row reports a man shooting his wife and a son striking the father, leaving the old man near death as mother and son are jailed.
This morning Mrs. Dills a 26 year old widow with two young children fell down the elevator chute at John Wessels wholesale con- t. The incident occurred in Quincey Dl and is being investigated by local authorities as a fatal accident.
A freight wreck west of Elkhart injures a woman who mistook an elevator for a stairway. She may be crippled, but will receive ongoing salary and about fifty dollars from fellow workers. A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern freight collision destroyed several cars. no lives lost.
A history notes that 200 women and girls in the Indiana State Prison were handed to Sarah Smith a Quakeress seven years ago to test kindness as reform. They live in an enclosure with work for self support, no stone walls or armed guards, and strict yet gentle oversight. Official reports claim about fifty percent reform upon release and return to reputable lives.
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